Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-18
VICTORY.
The SeattIes and WIliam-
cites Open the Base
ball season.
A Pine Game, n with the Reds, Afasl
astabborn costsst. Come
0ut AhsGA.

OAse VI taS hueS8 games 0I Dali eVel
played in Wsshinaton Territory 90
CARED 81 the Fass track yesterday sf.sr
boon. Lovers Of the game have waited
long and patiently fer the opening Goa.
test Of the season, and oeFtainly those
Who witnessed The pay Of yesterday vii
agFee THAI she woFk Of tbs year opens
very suspsei0asly. A loaded tFAin Isfi
the city 81 . o'clock, and half an hour
later . s<eOnd started cut, carrying .
sscoad crowd TO the erouuds. Aboas
$50 people we're present, among then
being many ladies', Who seemed
70 eDtsT into the spirit Of the occasion
With even more enthusiasm than their
escorts. Tie WiliAmetsea, . gsod-look
ina set Of men IN c8ps, shirts and stock.
inga Of blae and knee psnts Of white,
appeared on the field about O'clsck,
and IN their preliminary pFactics
ahowed up u txceIient form, handling
the bail well and throwing Wiik &c
euraey. They gave up the field afSer
nfteen minutes work and the Reds thea
tsok their tara 81 warming up Th0Fnell
won the toss, and ct about 40 Umpire
willis Of Llc0nBeE called play With the
visitors at the bat.
From the hras the play vas sharp
B Cd batteries did the bulk Of the woFk,
the bits 20 the in-held being light and
sh0se 70 the out-deldeFs fee and far
between. The WillAmettes scored Q
Fun In the second innings on q hit By
Smith aud . TIVE haser by TurnbuIi.
The secoad run vas secured In the
sew nth innings on Diekey's wild throw
10 hrst and BsiIey's sacrifice. For the
Rsds matters looked bad for SIX in1inRs.
For SIX innings they went out 10 one.
tgo, tnTee order. Parrot seemed
= gard and no one appeared able 20 And
m. Strike out followed strike ouf,
until the spectators began to wonder
whether she Seattle representation
Would ever bit the ball. IL came, how
ever. The last half OF the seventh
innings was opsned by ThoEnell siih q
beautiful drive 10 LET'S for gWo bases.
Barwtll heiped him 70 third with a
single and he scored the hFss run for
Seattle on Hsghes bit to short. The
last two moved around on Wild pitches,
the latter scoring. Booth got first on
FaFnbs li's erFaF and scored thr ugh
Is Rley's bit and q Wild pitch. This
left the score 4 TO 2 in SeaitIe's favsE
q the crowd ohseFed itself hoarse
No mere runs we're made, although the
visitors made Q strong eodegvoF to get
= man over the plate In their last
ioninRR.
Toe Reds surprised their friends By
their good work In fielding. SJne Of
tie tam are Q little sioW IN handling
the ball, bat little more practice will
probably show Improvement 10 this
direction. In stopping and throwing
tsey appear 70 gsOd advantage. Bsotn
p tched a strong game, the Oregon
players being unable 10 bit the ball with
great tfsot.
With The exception Of the seventh In
nipRs the play u the Willamettes was
sxcs lent. Tney work together admir-
ably. The great strength OF the team,
hsSeVeF, is In che battery. T. Parrot
pitched q maRniaceIt game. and for the
drst tart of the game his delivery was
unfathomAble. 1urnbull catches him
easily, q handling Of missed strikes
and from. tips being brilliant.
THE oAME IN DETAIL.
Wills vent to hFst on Wild throw By
BuFntll, aud stole SEQ nd. q. Parrott
got bis base on balls Wills stole third
and Parro,t seonpd. Mccarthy vent
out, Booth 20 Hughes. I. Parrot hied
oat 10 Dickey, and Bailey struck cot.
Burnell, fhornell and Burweil struck
cot. IL thu second inning W.
PsIrott struck out, Booth 10 Hughes,
and BurWe threw X rus out at
frat. Smith vent TO frat on q b.,
stole seooBd and scored On Turnbulis
l. ka a. a uuan
iy TO Dlekey. Hughes struck at the
ball four times without hitting 10, bat
got hia base on furnbuifs error. Bag
ley hied ont to K~sns and Oasseli
struck DOT. In she third q. Parrott hit
a foul to Booth. HuRhes put Mccarthy
DOT en- Q Rtounder, aud ihorneil gath
cred IN T. PARROTS av. ksnnev famed
the air four times DICK y q cd out TO
q. Parrots, and BurI ell struck out.
B ,iley opened ihsl frrvtn n a ng With
a a out 70 O4,s Il. w. Parrmt struck
out. aud KtEns vent eui on q hoi liner
g. BuFneli. De title vent out Ia quick
order rhOFuell aud BarWell on strikes
and Hughes on foul tip. Ia the nth
Smilh vent at, Diokey TO Hughes
TuFnbull reaohed nrst on Booths error.
stole second, went to third go Wills
bit, bat Was caught while Alternating 10
stasl home. Barnell threW O. Parrots
ont % 6rs,. HoO;h hev oui TO smith.
B,Qley did the same 20 MsOaFthv. and
Casaell struck out. Ia the sixth Diokey
threw MsCArthy ont a. hrst. L
P.rrott bit Q hard one. hteh
Booth could not handle, and Dieksy
in fielding IL. threw Wild 10 first ALLOW
log the ranueT TO reach third. He
, 90 ed the second fun fof the visitors
{ o Bailey's sacrifice bit. w. Farrot
then biz for two bases, bat 70 awaited
nothing as KsFus vent out At nrss, Bar
nell 20 HnRh-s. ks0ney. Dickey and
BuFnell struck twelve times without Bit
ting the sphere. In the eighth Riots
threw Smith eut a. drst. Turn 10 !
q " out 90 Diskey aRd Wells Vas retIrtd
oy Booth aud Hughes. Tnorneli open
ed Seattle's great inning With q twt-
bacR-F. BaFVrll followed With q single
asi Thorueil acorrd on Hughes groand
81 % Wills. BIFGsll got third aud soor-
I'd on = Wild pitch. Hughes stole SEQ
ond and vent 10 third 90 . passed ball.
Booth, after four strikes, gained hrs,
on Turbbolfs error, sole second, anc
vent 10 third ca BNelsv's bit. Hugh
ga caught between thru and bone,
but Booth GOT in on wild pitch. Gas
sell sent TO hrst on Missed
third strike. BARlev getting bone
On the same err r. ksuney and Diekey
vent cot on strikes. SCORE 4 to IN
favor % Seattle. q. Parrot wss bit by
piscsed ball In the Eighth and took
arsi and stole sscond. Mccarthy heS
%, 20 Diekey. q. Parrats Was caught
between second Fnd third, ard i. Par
rott vent oui at firSt. Bnrnsll reached
Asst 90 q. P,rrott's error. fhorneil
struck out. bnrwsll followed suit, ard
Hashea retired on az 20 BAILEY. Tee
viii mettes ep-ned their lAss innings
unh Bailey at the sst he bit s,ueie
Co the cSnter, bat reached second on
Kssuey's Wild throw 20 Dtckey.
4 sached third en- PATrotts pat cot Al
trst. Ksrus stEusk ont, and smith
Drought tue game to q olOse By tollos-
inR in bis footsteps.
WILLAMETTE
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